Visually Impaired Canoeers Gained the Greatest Attention at the Gulf Festival

In the Gulf Festival, organized for the fifth time this year by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, the visually impaired canoeists, who started with the guides, received the greatest attention.

Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyerİzmir Metropolitan Municipality, which acts with the aim of spreading sports to all segments of the society and especially enabling the disabled to do sports, organized canoe races for the visually impaired at the Gulf Festival, which was held for the fifth time this year.

İzmir Bay witnessed the races of sailors and athletes dancing with the wind in the three-day event, while the visually impaired canoe competitions, which were held for the first time, also attracted great attention. The visually impaired canoeists, who started on the track between Passport Pier and Konak Pier with the guide behind them, successfully completed the 200-meter race. While the coaches became the "eyes of the sea", the visually impaired athletes experienced the excitement of competing in such a large organization for the first time.

Hakan Orhunbilge, Head of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Services Department, stated that they will now carry the Gulf Festival, which is combined with the July 1 Cabotage Festival, to an international dimension, and said, “Our Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mr. Tunç SoyerThere is a request in this direction. We will start preparations early and face the people of Izmir with a much bigger organization.” Orhunbilge, who stated that the visually impaired canoe races attracted great interest, said, "We will also expand the visually impaired canoe races we organized for the first time and the highly acclaimed command boat races."